The Quad Urbanist

An Urbanist Blog from the Quad Cities

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Coaches and Buses

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In the UK they don't call intercity buses buses, they call them coaches, which is a really useful term of distinction I'm going to a...
Sunday, April 12, 2026

Better Buses

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 Vancouver is improving their bus network . The key elements are these: more frequent services across more of the city, and particularly fil...
Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Ideals

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I was recently watching the National Theatre production of The Importance of Being Earnest  (on YouTube) and was reminded of one of my favor...
Sunday, April 5, 2026

What Cities Look Like

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What does a city look like? OK, the obvious answer to that question is descriptivist, not prescriptivist: a city looks like whatever a city ...
Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Views

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We know there are protected views in urban zoning: from St. Pauls in London to various natural vistas in other cities. There are also chara...
Sunday, March 29, 2026

Placemaking: London

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 I was recently going through a recovered drive of photos and thinking about just how often my family (individually and therefore collective...
Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Urban Freeways

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 I grew up with urban highways, and I have never really lived anywhere without them, so I'm well aware of the costs of urban highways . ...
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